Date Pastry · Kairouan Original
Makroudh
Photo: Mourad Ben Abdallah / Wikimedia Commons · Public Domain
The oldest known written recipe for a maqrud-style pastry dates back to a 13th-century Arabic cookbook.
Diamond-shaped semolina dough is stuffed with a spiced date paste, deep-fried in olive oil, then dipped in warm honey syrup. Sold in nearly every shop lining Kairouan's medina, it's the city's best-known culinary export.
Why it's made this way: Kairouan is widely credited as the birthplace of makroudh, and the pastry's formal name — Maqroud al-Qayrawan — comes directly from the city's Arabic name, Al-Qayrawan.
More from Tunisia
Part of World of Street Food — 3248 dishes from 118 countries.
Something wrong here? Tell us in the comments below.
Photo credits.